TPRS

The 2003 DCC was by any measure a great success.
Attendance was up after the post-9/11 downturn, the
Proceedings were not only thick (in fact, the thickest
ever!), but also thoughtful, and the buzz in and around
the meeting rooms was exciting. My thanks go out to
Steve (N7HPR) and Sheila Bible, John (W9DDD) and
Laura Koster, Maty Weinberg (KB1EIB), Steve Ford
(WB8IMY), and Stan Horzepa (WA1LOU), as well as
the staff of the Hartford Airport Marriott, for making
the show the success it was.

We had lots of papers relating to Software Defined
Radios this year, and Matt Ettus, N2MJI, gave a Sunday
Seminar devoted to SDR. From these presentations, it's
clear the SDR is here now, and what was just a cool idea
a couple of years ago is no longer a fantasy (remember
what I said above about TAPR being leaders?). There's
truly usable hardware out there now, with more to
come, and PC-based DSP software is maturing rapidly.
Our chance to advance the radio art through this
technology is here now, so you owe it to yourself to get
up to speed on this exciting new paradigm for radio
design.

I'm happy to announce that next year's DCC will
be held in Des Moines, Iowa, from September 10-12,
2004.